Application of lichenometry to the changing snow patch extent during the last several decades at karasawa cirque in Mt. Hotakadake, the Northern Japanese Alps

Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Series 7: Geography

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 17-33

  Iwafune, Masaki ^a  

^a Shigakukan University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lichenometry; Rhizocarpon species; Snow patch; The Japanese Alps; The last century

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041363596     PISSN: 03757854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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